Let Us See You: A Citywide Artistic Journey - a-n The Artists Information Company

Venue: Sunny Bank Mills
Starts: Wednesday, January 8, 2025
Ends: Sunday, February 23, 2025
Address: Farsley, LS28 5UJ
Location: Yorkshire
Organiser: Aire Place Studios

After an inspiring year championing creativity in Leeds, Let Us See You concludes with a spectacular exhibition at Sunny Bank Mills Gallery in Leeds. This eagerly awaited event showcases the project’s standout works, offering a final opportunity to appreciate the incredible talents of local artists. Supported with funding from Leeds Inspired, part of Leeds City Council, Aire Place Studios proudly collaborates with Sunny Bank Mills to close a transformative chapter for the city’s art community.

The exhibition represents a year of dedication to nurturing creativity through workshops, curatorial guidance, and inclusive opportunities. Featuring an impressive collection—including dynamic paintings, detailed prints, and compelling sculptures—it celebrates the rich diversity of voices shaping Leeds’ artistic landscape.

Aligned with the project’s focus on accessibility and representation, the exhibition highlights creators from marginalised and underrepresented groups. Every piece tells a story, reflecting the unique vibrancy of Leeds’ cultural scene.

Visitors can not only admire the exceptional artwork but also support local creators by purchasing pieces, fostering the growth of the city’s creative spaces and talent.

The Let Us See You: A Citywide Artistic Journey exhibition at Sunny Bank Mills is more than a display—it’s a tribute to a year of collaboration, innovation, and community spirit. Don’t miss this extraordinary finale redefining how art is celebrated in Leeds.

Event Details:

Venue: Sunny Bank Mills Gallery, Farsley, LS28 5UJ
Exhibition Dates: 7th January – 23rd February 2025

Gallery open: Tuesday – Saturday, 10am – 4pm; Sunday, 12-4pm

PV Date: Saturday 11 th January 2025 Time: 1pm – 4pm
Admission: FREE

Sarah Francis

Artist Curator Sarah Francis is a Leeds based Artist Curator who focuses on bringing under-recognised artists and narratives to the public, using empathy and warmth to build self-confidence in creatives left behind by the mainstream system. Fascinated by complex possibilities lying dormant in ‘familiar’ environments, setting a challenging dialogue between cultural identity and the inner worlds which we as artists manifest within our work. This conceptual framework draws parallels between artists from differing socio-cultural worlds, whose work follows similar lines in metaphysical realms. Francis' interpretation of the curator is that of a caretaker of other worlds, working in collaboration as the tour guide and storyteller, bringing these converging manifestations to our physical spaces. Francis’ artwork centres around her neurodiverse and queer identity, building her own language and worlds to explore and understand ‘how I made me’; a reference to an early body of work that investigated her inner trauma and re-articulation of her current self. Her work has been shortlisted for the Saatchi Gallery’s Art of Giving Prize, selected by Richard Billingham for Curator’s Choice Noise Young Talent 2009, and recognised in Aesthetica’s 100 Best Contemporary Artists in Europe. In addition to her work, Sarah Francis is the Founder and Director of Aire Place Studios, Leeds. @sarahfrancis.art & @aireplacestudios

Aire Place Studios CIC

Aire Place Studios is a creative studio which holds spaces of equality and solidarity. We host comfortable studios spaces, hold safer spaces for workshops and a bold gallery space centred around innovation and inclusivity. Aire Place Studios also features a collective of associated artists who exist to radically uplift under-represented creatives with empathy and warmth to realise the potential of those often overlooked by traditional art institutions. This dynamic collaboration builds trust and collective accountability to serve our communities.